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EU Accepts Resolution Abolishing Planned Obsolescence, Making Devices Easier to Repair (retaildetail.eu)
Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo writes: The European Parliament accepted a resolution to lengthen consumer goods and software's longevity, a counter to the alleged planned obsolescence process built into a lot of products. The European Parliament now wants the European Commission to create a clear definition of the term "planned obsolescence" and to develop a system to track that aging process. It also wants longer warranty periods and criteria to measure a product's strength. Each and every device should also have a mention of its minimal life expectancy.
Devices should also be easier to repair: batteries and other components should be freely accessible for replacement, unless safety dictates otherwise. Manufacturers will also need to give other companies access to their components so that consumers can visit those companies for repairs.
Devices should also be easier to repair: batteries and other components should be freely accessible for replacement, unless safety dictates otherwise. Manufacturers will also need to give other companies access to their components so that consumers can visit those companies for repairs.
Yes, it's clear a lack of regulations works just fine, there's never been a consequence from snake oil, investment hoaxes, or free building.
Heck, safety belts, fire codes, and handwashing signs probably kill more people. After all, somebody probably died from soap allergies.
Literally, the headline. European Parliament has no actual legislative power. It just has a power of veto. All legislation must come from European Commission, which European Parliament gets to vote on. It's a "yes/no" vote with no right to modify the package and vote on the modified legislation. This is a power comparable to a veto power, and by definition is not a legislative power as the name "Parliament" and its supposedly being a "legislative branch" would imply. In most states, this is a power comparable to one of the powers held by the executive, who gets to veto legislative packages or approve them by signing.
It's also the only actual power European Parliament has, and of the key issues with EU's legislative system and why EU is routinely criticised for being undemocratic. It's something closer to an early Roman Senate, where unelected aristocrats selected by other members of aristocracy similar to the current state of European Commission gets to decide on what legislation to run through, and the plebeian Tribune of the latter days of Roman Republic (the European Parliament) can either block the legislative package or accept it, but has no legal ability to change the contents of the legislation.
As a result, unless it's a Commission's legislative initiative, it's not worth the paper it's printed on.
Lack of regulations only works in 3rd world countries.
Do you know that removing regulations under the Bush Administration cause the economic collapse?
Did you know that the Obama Administration had to spend $trillions of dollars to bail out lots of corporations like banking sector, housing sector, finance sector, etc.???
That’s how all warranties work you stupid retard.
Appliances are all junk now that require you to buy insurance from the store just to ensure that they make it to five years of operation.
Extended warranties are scams created by stores to fleece the customers.
Very few of them work well; for example, the energy-efficient dryer that requires you to run it twice, instead of once, or the energy-efficient refrigerator which specializes in spoiling food during its frequent "defrost" cycles.
You should probably clean out your lint trap, and possibly the duct. And you should actually close your refrigerator door, rather than leave it open.
Stuff worked better in the past. Toilets flushed. Refrigerators lasted for forty years. Washing machines actually produced clean clothes.
Toilets wasted water so much that it overwhelmed ill-designed sewer systems, refrigerators used more power in a year than replacing them every five years costs, and the components in the laundry detergents managed to combine with the excess in water usage to destroy even more sewer systems as well as contaminate the environment even further.
I am all for ecology, but the way we go about it is silly, mainly because it is an excuse to avoid seeing the real problems.
Yes, we let idiots strawman arguments, and pretend that they suddenly have a valid objection even though they're just being tendentious.
The first? What about the USB charger law that put a stop to this nonsense?
You're confusing the emergence of new technology with the maintenance of existing technology. They are separate issues. There is every reason to create a more advanced product; there is no reason not to provide for a replaceable battery in an old one.
I've fallen off your lawn, and I can't get up.
Of course not.
https://slashdot.org/~BeauHD the editor is a very different account from
https://slashdot.org/~BeauHD+(... which is a troll account.